... about it. edit: now done, see below. p.s. many companies which used 12" joint sleepers, also used special larger joint chairs on them. I don't know anyone who makes such chairs. regards, Martin. posted: 29 Mar 2015 13:34 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, Brilliant, thank you. A chance to use up my supply of 12" wide sleepers included in all the bags I got from Brian/Pete/ et al! I know you can use them for the first few timbers on turnouts but I always forget. If you have had the rains down there I bet your river is up a bit? Rob posted: 31 Mar 2015 14:01 from: David R Martin Wynne wrote:... many companies which used 12" joint sleepers, also used special larger joint chairs on them. I don't know anyone who makes such chairs. regards, Martin. 100_310859_070000000.jpg Available in 7mm scale in packs of 16 or 80 from Off The Rails Regards, Dave R Last edited on 31 ...

... topic: 3261 Memories for Martin posted: 22 Apr 2018 21:32 from: Rob Manchester Hi Martin, Spotted for sale today. 2001_221629_380000000.jpg 2001_221630_040000000.jpg Bet that brings back a few memories. Build date on the chassis 1993. No I didn't buy it but it was nicely built. The thing that struck me was how very light it was compared to todays RTR offerings from Dapol and Heljan. Rob posted: 22 Apr 2018 22:21 from: Martin Wynne Thanks Rob. The details are still on the web site: http://templot.com/martweb/go_hunslet.htm And the instruction sheets for the kit: http://templot.com/martweb/kitins.htm exploded.jpg The web pages from 1998 do look very dated! We made very few of the assembled version. The red lunch boxes drew some comment, but in fact they made a very sturdy container for the model. Designing and toolmaking for that made an enjoyable interlude in our usual work. Sweating over a hot moulding machine proved to be less enjoyable. cheers, Martin. posted: ...

... specifically intended. It is certainly too close to the track to protect it from anything. In fact if something should dislodge it over the running rail it would present an even greater hazard. Hmm... Martin. posted: 13 Nov 2014 15:38 from: DerekStuart I am going to Whitby (taking photo's of the one remaining original turnout) I will drop a copy of this into NYMR permanent way department and ask them. I agree with Martin's assesment that it can't be a deliberate barrier. I have a few people still sending me pictures of the station so perhaps it will show up on another one. posted: 13 Nov 2014 18:17 from: Trevor Walling Hello, Is it something to retain the groundwork away from the rail and enable access to knock the chair keys in? Trevor posted: 13 Nov 2014 20:16 from: DerekStuart Hi Trevor, the ground there is very stable on 100 years (at the time of the photo) compacted cinder/ash ballast that was level with the sleepers. The stone ...

... to sign up to Western Thunder to get the pictures at full size. He used baulks under the crossing rather than timbering. Phil posted: 2 Apr 2019 08:02 from: Stephen Freeman The Southern certainly seemed to have a penchant for this type of arrangement, usually brought about be the lack/cost of available land (I assume). One thing I'd like to see in Templot is the ability to alter the actual angle of the end of rails (check or wing). At the moment there are a few things I have had to fudge on the latest project. Doesn't affect ability to build it but it would be nice rather than essential. One other problem is that the maps are scanned and sometimes folds distort the image. Last edited on 2 Apr 2019 11:18 by Stephen Freeman posted: 2 Apr 2019 12:21 from: Martin Wynne Stephen Freeman wrote: One thing I'd like to see in Templot is the ability to alter the actual angle of the end of rails (check or wing). At the ...

... ) two copies of which are then printed- one to make a "rail forming and sub assembly pre-fabrication jig" and the second to stick to the base board so that the track can be built directly upon it. It is important that the prefabrication jig is perfectly level so I make mine by spray-mounting the Template to a piece of 10mm thick laminate flooring which is flat, hard and rigid. If you have not just redone your flooring, go to you local flooring shop- they usually have a few bits to give away as samples. The pics show the first stage of building the trackwork- to build ACCURATE pre-fabricated assemblies for the crossing work on the "rail forming and sub assembly jig"- this is how they did it on the Real Thing- building the important bits as assemblies in the workshop before taking them to site in lumps. The Template is the guide for positioning the rails along with the Crossing Flangeway gauge. For me, the secret in this stage is to build the assemblies with the ...

... the thin film of oil which is on most steel sections as supplied. This leaves the area around the joint fully exposed to rusting caused by atmospheric moisture. The usual answer is to protect soldered joints on steel with a good dollop of grease, or a thick coat of paint. That's not very practical for trackwork, of course. So you have to rely on keeping it in a warm dry atmosphere for the lifetime of the layout. That means, for example, that if you are unexpectedly away from home for a few weeks, there has to be someone to keep the heating on in the railway room, and know that it needs to be kept on. I know steel should look like steel, but model steel rail has a dull grey colour which doesn't to my eyes look any more like real railway track than nickel-silver. Real rail is subject to high contact pressures and rolling wear which tends to burnish the surface. Our models don't do that. Which means that steel rail comes with all the worries about rusting, and ...

... topic: 3752 finding intersections posted: 30 Aug 2020 17:27 from: Martin Wynne A few days ago Roger asked about a diamond-crossing on a transition curve. So I watched again the video from 2015: http://flashbackconnect.com/Movie.aspx?id=ib65pLfUkgNxFBDqAZSNyA2 It uses the method of finding the intersection by moving the mouse manually along the rails and judging the intersection position on the screen by eye. It struck me as a bit agricultural to be still using such methods after all these years, relying on close hand-eye co-ordination and limited by the screen resolution and rounding effects in the drawn lines on the screen. For a long time we have had the notch on intersection functions: 2_301120_060000000.png which are fine as far as they go. But they are limited to fixed-radius curves, and apply only to plain track and/or the main road of a turnout. They are based on conventional circular geometry, which means they always find two intersections. Resulting in a clunky interface in which Templot asks you ...

... topic: 3546 back stories posted: 6 Nov 2019 02:23 from: Martin Wynne Graeme wrote: I am still profoundly ignorant of Templot from a user perspective, so I think I will wind my neck in for a few days and just play with the program and see what I can do with it. I will obviously not become an expert in that time, but I will probably increase my knowledge tenfold. Sure. I think you said that you are not only new to Templot but new to railway modelling in general? Which makes it a bit surprising that you found us, and all the more welcome for that. An outsider's first impressions can be very valuable. 99 new modellers out of 100 would be starting with commercial track such as Peco, and designing it in a pick-and-place program such as AnyRail: http://anyrail.com/ Or going for high-end stuff with full 3D representation and train running simulations: http://trackplanning.com/ Also in the pick-and-place field is ...

... when turning your computer off, Templot (and all your other running programs) will restart where you left off when you turn the computer back on, without needing an internet connection. regards, Martin. posted: 13 Apr 2014 07:06 from: Hayfield Martin Thank you, I must have misunderstood what has been said in other replies in the past. The reason for the question is that I am doing a track building demonstration at a local show in May. The last one I did I was asked quite a few questions about Templot. Its much easier to show the answer so I have just borrowed an old laptop which I can take with me to show (providing its not too technical) rather than talk in answering any questions that may arise. The most common statement is that I cannot make a template, or how do you start (these are questions I can answer) You have just answered my question, thanks again John posted: 13 Apr 2014 07:37 from: Alan Turner A word of warning however, as ...

... so). We're only just at the planning stage for this expansion so anyone on this forum who is interested is more than welcome to provide suggestions or make comments (by all means use the templot already posted and have a go at designing the fiddle yard expansion). There are some limitations on the design of the new storage roads:-- we cannot extend the straight sections of the layout since the straight scenic part is an accurate re-creation of the prototype.- the layout has exhibition commitments for the new few years (when the extension is planned to be built) and has to be kept 'on the circuit' whilst the majority of the new construction takes place. At this stage we think a new fiddle yard of similar dimensions to the existing one- but built about a metre behind it and accessed via double junctions may be the best solution. Regards, Richard Attachment: attach_130_236_fiddleyard2.jpg 3196 posted: 16 Nov 2007 07:16 from: Russ E Richard Oldfield wrote:- we cannot extend the straight sections of the layout since ...